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J. A. GAVITT.

HASNESS BUCKLE.

No. 299,775. Patented June 3,

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. frame, hollowed out underneath to receive the- NITED' STATES PATENT O FICE.

HARNESS-BUCKLE? SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,775, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed November 26, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES ALEXANDER GAvITT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walla Walla, in the county of Valla Walla, Vashington Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness-Buckles, of which .the following is a description.

Figure 1 is a side view of the outside of the buckle applied to the trace. Fig. 2 is a View of the opposite side of the same, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

My invention relates to harness-buckles, and more particularly to suchharness buckles as are used at the front end of the traces; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the buckle-frame and the means for connecting it to the hame-tugs, whereby a stronger connection is made and greater facility afforded for connecting and disconnecting the same, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, A represents the buckletrace B, and having at its sides the usual loops, 0 O, and at its rear end the loop D. At the front end of the buckle-frame its two side bars are-extended forward and connected by an end bar, at, having a perforated and reartrace and enters the perforation in the plate- I) on the end bar of the buckle-frame. The tug-frame E is adapted to connect with the hame-tugs, andwhen the draft-strain is brought on the same the curved side bars of this tugframe bear against the end bar, a, and thus relieve the trace of wear and strain, while the stud passing through the trace is stiffened and braced by the perforated plate I), through which the end protrudes.

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the mold, this bar is separately constructed,

In order to permit the buckle-frame to draw from and its ends are set-into notches 6 formed in the under side of the buckle-frame. To hold it in place the ends of this bar are formed with dovetail notches into which pass projecting spurs f from the notches of the frame, which spurs are hammered or riveted down into the dovetail notches g in the ends of the base-bar. This strengthens the buckle and affords a base for the trace to rest against.

The buckle as thus described is a very cheap and strong one, and is easily buckled and un buckled. In unbuckling the same-the tugframe is simply turned back and under the buckle-frame A, and this draws the stud out ofthe trace and permits the parts to be disconnected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with a buckle-frame, A. having end bar, a, of the curved tug-frame E, passing under the end bar and up through the buckle, and having the studc, adapted to enter the perforations of the trace, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the buckle-frame A, having loops 0 O and D and notches c, with spurs f, of the separate or independent basebar, (I, held in said notches and riveted by the spurs. as shown and described.

3. The combination of the buckle-frame A,

having loops 0 O and D and end bar, a, with perforated plate portion, and the tug-frame E, curved as described, and having'stud 0, adapted to pass through the trace, and the perforated plate beneath, substantially as shown and described.

JAMES ALEXANDER GAVITT. Witnesses:

JACOB M. BOYD, JA Es A. 

